Queen's Army Schoolmistresses

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The Queen's Army Schoolmistresses were female military schoolteachers [1] [2] who assisted the Royal Army Educational Corps and its predecessors in teaching the children of soldiers in British Army garrison schools. [3] [4] They were formed as the Army Schoolmistresses in 1848 [5] and received the "Queen's" prefix in 1928. Some were even taken as POWs by the Japanese. [6] They were disbanded in 1970.

References

  1. ↑ Gibson, Clare (2012). Army Childhood: British Army Children's Lives and Times. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN   9780747811244.
  2. ↑ "Reminiscences of a Queen's Army Schoolmistress". www.richardgilbert.ca. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Schooling The Army Children Archive (TACA)". www.archhistory.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ UK, National Archives. "Temporary Queen's Army Schoolmistresses". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Maude, C G (20 August 1942). "EDUCATING THE ARMY". The Spectator: 8. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. ↑ UK, National Archives. "Prisoners of war, Far East: Army Education Corps (AEC) and Queen's Army Schoolmistresses; nominal roll". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.


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